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1,000+ words match “BRAN”

RAMAL a.
Of or pertaining to a ramus, or branch; rameal.
RAMIFICATION n. 4 definitions
The process of branching, or the development or offshoots from a stem; also, the mode of their arrangement.
RAMIFLOROUS a.
Flowering on the branches.
RAMIFORM a.
Having the form of a branch.
RAMIFY v. 3 definitions
To divide into branches or subdivisions; as, to ramify an art, subject, scheme.
RAMIGEROUS a.
Bearing branches; branched.
RAMIPAROUS a.
Producing branches; ramigerous.
RAMOSE a.
Branched, as the stem or root of a plant; having lateral divisions; consisting of, or having, branches; full of branches; ramifying; branching; branchy.
RAMULOSE a.
Having many small branches, or ramuli.
RAMULUS n.
A small branch, or branchlet, of corals, hydroids, and similar organisms.
RAMUS n.
A branch; a projecting part or prominent process; a ramification.
RAMUSCULE n.
A small ramus, or branch.
RANCHO n. 2 definitions
A rude hut, as of posts, covered with branches or thatch, where herdsmen or farm laborers may live or lodge at night.
RANDAN n. 2 definitions
The product of a second sifting of meal; the finest part of the bran. [Prov. Eng.]
RANINE a. 2 definitions
ongue; also, pertaining to the region where the swelling occurs; -- applied especially to branches of the lingual artery and lingual vein.
RASE v. 7 definitions
o rub or scratch out; to erase. [Obsoles.] Except we rase the faculty of memory, root and branch, out of our mind. Fuller.
RECEPTACLE n. 5 definitions
A special branch which bears the fructification in many cryptogamous plants.
RECESS n. 9 definitions
A decree of the imperial diet of the old German empire. Brande & C.
RECLINATION n. 3 definitions
e plane of the dial makes with a vertical plane which it intersects in a horizontal line. Brande & C.
RECTIFY v. 3 definitions
To produce ( as factitious gin or brandy) by redistilling low wines or ardent spirits (whisky, rum, etc.), flavoring substances, etc., being added. To rectify a globe, to adjust it in order to prepare for the solution of a proposed problem.
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